Science Education Idea Exchange

I saw a video on Facebook about creating Google Slides from a YouTube  video. I was intrigued.  Brisk is a Chrome Extension that has free and paid portions. Because I'm just curious, I signed up for the free account. Below is what the first screen looked like. I tried the "AI Presentation Maker" and the one little task I completed blew me away. I told it to make a rubric for a specific science standard and it created one within seconds. It is not perfect, but with editing, it could be ready-to-go. What a time saver! I am excited to check out some of the other features on this.

I hope you'll forgive all of the videos I have been posting. We are in the middle of selling our house and moving. I was wondering about how to make my banner a little more exciting with new fonts and stumbled upon this video. There are many fonts available with just the click of a button. Mind blown!

My school was adapting PBiS and looking for an easy way to recognize our students. We discovered that there are many tools that can be used to generate certificates automatically. We have linked it to the Google Forms and Sheets. The first three minutes of the video below are on how to set up the Google Form. At about 3:50, he begins to show you how to use AutoCrat to make magic happen.

I am kind of obsessed with this and wanted to share more resources and places to get you started, if you're interested. I have made a few more templates that can be downloaded from my TPT store by clicking here . I'll admit, they are nothing like the resources you can find created by other people. Please follow me and leave honest feedback, if you do. :) As for other resources, I found a Facebook group called Bitmoji Craze for Educators . There are many ideas shared and some free templates and how-to instructions. Check it out!

Bitmoji Classroom is a newer phenomenon that teachers are sprucing up materials they share with their students. It utilizes Google Classroom and Google Slides. The video below is a great tutorial on how to make one and he includes free templates. I have made one for an art teacher friend and it is available for free on my Teachers Pay Teachers site. A preview is below.

Just a quick and simple tutorial on how to put a table of contents into your Google Docs that has links to leap to sections. 1. Under "Insert", click "Table of contents" and choose the option with the blue lines if you want links or the option on the left if you want a table of contents with page numbers only. 2. To create headings that will appear in the table of contents, click on "Normal Text" and choose heading 1. If you want subheadings, choose heading 2. 3. After you have created your headings, you will need to refresh the table of contents. Unforunately, you do need to update it every time.

I think Jamboard might be my favorite collaborative response tool. It was created by Google, so if your students use Google Classroom, it has many features they are familiar with already. In real-time, groups of students/teachers can edit a screen. You can add text, pictures, and scribbles. Once the group is done, the board can be saved and downloaded. I used this to generate class ideas and would project it on the board as students were working. With distance learning, this could be a useful tool for students to outline a project plan of attack. I have not figured out a way to track who creates what. I wish there was an edit history like Docs, Sheets, and Slides, but there is not. If you have found either of these things, please let me know.

I love to walk around my Classroom as I provide instruction. I learned early on that this was important to minimizing off-task behaviors. There are a couple tools available on the market that work with your slides presentations. One popular tool is Pear Deck . I'll be honest and say that I'm not as big of a fan. I know there are benefits by being able to add questions for students to respond to and controlling their screens. I just found it time consuming for my purposes. Instead, I use the Google Chrome Extension Remote for Slides. It's a very simple tool that allows you to use your phone or tablet to progress through the Slides as you walk around your classroom. Basically, it allows you to have a remote. If you're interested, search the Chrome Store and they have a video walking you through what it looks like.